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The desert called so we pulled out the long boats and headed down the Baja way, first loading enough boats to take full advantage of both coasts, then cramming the truck full of every camping comfort it would take, right down to a hand-cranked margarita blender.

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Sean Morley knows a few things about going fast. He honed his forward stroke technique as a flatwater sprint racer on the British junior national team, but has made his biggest mark traveling far and fast in challenging conditions. He’s held speed records for crossing the Irish Sea, circumnavigating Vancouver Island, and paddling 4,500 miles around Great Britain and Ireland, solo.

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Last October I spent five days engulfed in the beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, paddling the lakes of the Saint Regis Canoe Area with a couple good friends. This was our first overnight paddling experience in the area; I came away with a few bits of knowledge to pass on to the next paddlers planning this perfect fall escape.

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The Maine Island Trail Association (MITA), which oversees a 375-mile waterway for small boaters from the New Hampshire border to Canada, just got a shot in the arm from L.L. Bean. The venerable outdoor gear and apparel maker, founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, recently gave MITA and its Wild Islands Campaign a $100,000 grant to support its efforts to protect the trail system. It’s far from the first funds the company has awarded to the association. In 1987, L.L.Bean issued a grant to create the association, in partnership with the Maine Department of Conservation and the Island Institute. It was from this that both MITA and the Maine Island Trail — America’s first recreational water trail, an establishment founded on the notion that visitors could be entrusted with the islands’ care — were born. “For decades, L.L.Bean and the Maine Island Trail Association have shared the common goal of being good stewards of the environment,” says L.L.Bean chairman Shawn Gorman. “It’s in everyone’s best interest to ensure that we all have clean, pristine and accessible places to recreate in the outdoors. The Maine Island Trail Association is to be commended for their efforts to make the great outdoors even

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A month into their ambitious nine-month, 5,200-mile route, the six-man Rediscover North America crew highlights the first 27 days paddling up the Atchafalaya River, and crossing over to begin the long slog up the mighty Mississippi.

The Cedar Northwood is a very “traditional” paddle, but with features feather light, modern day performance. This strong, beautiful paddle features a Western Red Cedar/Fir shaft and a blade reinforced with Fiberglass and Sawyer’s twisted Dynel(tm) TuffEdged blade. The Feel, Flex and Response of this paddle is unequaled. This “traditional” Beavertail paddle is also available in a Ottertail profile.

THE RATTLER

4 pc-Breakdown White Water Kayak Paddle

Product Code: KSCCR; Blade Length 27″ Weight 33 oz

One size only: 195cm.

MSRP $299.95

The Rattler is an action bred whitewater kayak paddle that breaks down into four pieces. Available with or without a connecting shock cord. Push button connections allow you to stow the 27″ package in the back compartment of your boat. Break it out and snap it together into a solid fully functional white water paddle. Spec. 7 1/2″: x 17″ Cedar/Ash/Carbon/Dynel(tm) blades with Solid Core Technology S.S. Push-button ferrule indexes at 0 , 30 left or 30 right hand feather Breaks down into a 4-piece package.

The Sea Feather now combines a “V” laminated Cedar cored blade with a strong light, adjustable length graphite shaft for an overall weight of 27oz. The “V” shaped laminations give the blades an internal strength and feather-like look that matches its performance. The “V”-Lam, with its incredibly light swing weight remains one of the better paddling, less fatiguing kayak paddles available.

VENOM C1

Product Code: SCWVB; Blade Profile: “Tulip” style, 20.5″ x 8″

Weight: 1.9 lbs (30.4 oz) Sizes: Short – 52″ to 57″, Long – 57″ to 62

MSRP: $250

The Venom C1 features a carbon ergonomic crank shaft that keeps your wrist in a comfortable, neutral and powerful position. The Venom’s shaft features a telescoping length adjustment of 5 inches that locks down with Sawyer’s proven Cam-Lock(tm) ferrule. The aggressive scooped Cedar/Ash core ‘V-Lam’ blade blends Sawyer’s flex and feel with the superior strength and support of fiberglass, carbon and Dynel(tm) to make one tough, light, performance whitewater stick.”

True Creeking strength, light swing weight and the warmth, feel/flex that only wood shafts deliver. X-weave Carbon, Fiber Glass, Dynel reinforced wood core shaft allows great progressive strength, crush resistance and resilience. Excellent, yet affordable white water performance for serious Kayakers everywhere…I-K Inflatable, play boater, creeker, explorer or if you just like ” messing about in boats” like we do, this is the paddle for you.